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I don't have anything to prove.

Bradford Cox

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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
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Bradford James Cox
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It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.
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I've always said I write albums I don't write random songs and then sort them out.
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When I do a record, it sounds more punk and raw. Or it will sound louder, or it will sound more shocking. Or mind-boggling. I'll be trying to figure it out, but once I've got it figured out I'll be like, I know this I know where this came from. I think art is most interesting when the intention is not clear.
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I'm tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself?
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The sober guy is always going to have this air of arrogance or self-righteousness, but it's not my intention. I just knew that if I drank, I'd have a drinking problem.
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I've been going through some personal things that have stirred up a lot of old wounds.
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I think the younger kids need to realize there's this whole forgotten 90s that people don't really talk about.
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I like my solitude, and I'm a strong-willed person I'm a very hard-to-be-around person sometimes, I guess.
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I read a lot - surveys of vernacular music. A lot of it is the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music, which I've loved since I was in high school. They had it at the library and I always thought that was interesting, even when I was into punk and stuff. Just the history of storytelling and the amount of melancholy a lot of old music has.
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I know so many people think my music is quite influenced by Animal Collective, but honestly I think maybe the factor is that we're both influenced by the same stuff.
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Musicians and artists are not... it's not like politicians or something where you can't really affect them. There's not like this separate caste system where it's like, I'm the musician, you're the audience. Never the two shall meet. It was a case where it was like, Hey, you know what? I'm on your level, man.
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You don't need to drink if you have emotional problems.
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I've been used for writing rhythm guitar chords for a long time because it's so easy to play and chords just sound good on it.
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People say 'I don't want to die alone!' But you know what, honestly? I don't want to die with a bunch of people looking at me.
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I'm obsessed with five different things a day. It's like lightbulbs in a Christmas light chain.
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I always write the first and last song of an album first, and then the middle just kind of happens.
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For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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I'm real critical of myself. I think a lot of what I've done is boring indie rock. I didn't intend it to be that way, but somehow milk gets added to everything.
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I think people are intimidated by me, and I don't know why. Sometimes even my own bandmates can be intimidated, or irritated, by me.
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I don't think you should make music to make music, just to show that you can. That's the opposite of vitality.
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